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Industrial Revolutions

By mitchell.connors.00@tased.edu.au

  • Thomas Newcomen

    Thomas Newcomen
    Built the first steam engine

  • Britan's first naval was opened

    Britan's first naval was opened

  • The first cotton spinning factory was opened

    The first cotton spinning factory was opened

  • The first steam powered mill began operation

    The first steam powered mill began operation

  • Matthew Boulton and James Watt patended the first rotary steam engine

    Matthew Boulton and James Watt patended the first rotary steam engine

  • Richard Trevithick demonstrated the first steam locomotive

    Richard Trevithick demonstrated the first steam locomotive

  • The "Luddites" began to destroy machines

    The "Luddites" began to destroy machines

  • Britian's first passenger team rail was opened

    Britian's first passenger team rail was opened

  • The first grat cholera epidemic

    The first grat cholera epidemic

  • Slavery was abolished throuhout the British Empire

    Slavery was abolished throuhout the British Empire

  • Henry Fox Talbot produced the first photograph

  • Telephone invented

  • Thomas Edison invented the light bulb

  • Compulsory education for all children is introduced

  • First skyscraper was built in Chicago

  • Karl Benz invented the first automobile

  • Heinrich Hertz produced radio waves

  • Wireless radio invented

  • Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first powered flight

  • Outbreak of World War I